Services

In my town I can find a lot of services: there are a lot of shops and department stores where I can buy everything I want to, from food and drink to household gadgets and furniture or toys; there are also post offices, photographer's, taylor shops, shoemakers' and barbers' shops, dry cleaner's, watchmakers', repair shops for radios, TV sets, DVD players and all household appliences.

At the photographer's I can have my photos taken when I need a photo for my new identity card or my passport, and if it is urgent, they will do it in an hour. They also develop and print photos which have been taken by me or other amateur photographers.
I go to a taylor shop or a dressmaker when I want to have a new dress or suit made for myself, but I cannot find anything pretty for my taste, or when I have a piece of clothes that is too tight or too baggy for me and it needs to be let out or taken in.
The shoemaker does the shoe heels or soles, patches or sews the upper leather of your shoes if they need repairing.
Men go to the barber and women go to the hairdresser when they want a new hairstyle - when they want to have their hair cut, dyed into another colour. At the barber's men's moustaches and beards can be trimmed as well.
I go to the dry cleaner's if I want to have any stains removed or if I want any of my clothes dyed from one colour to another.
The watchmaker repairs or sets your watch, if it is slow or fast, and he also changes the battery if it is run down.
At the repair shops the engineers can repair any kinds of household gadgets or any electrical appliances, from vacuum cleaners and TV sets to radios and DVD players.

At the post office I can do a lot of things.
- I can post letters, postcards, parcels and packages,
- I can buy stamps, letter writing papers, envelopes, postcards, magazines and newspapers,
- I can pay my rent and my bills for gas, electricity, telephones or other services,
- I can send money by money order or cheque,
- I can recharge my mobile phone when all the credits have run out
- I can make a phone call

If I want to post a letter or postcard, you have to address it properly. A letter can be registered or sent by recorded delivery which means that the person who receives it must sign for it. If a letter is urgent, you send it express and pay an extra fee for the postage.
If I want to post a parcel, first it has to be weighed at the parcel balance and I have to fill in a parcel form. Parcels and packets can be sent by parcel post or by letter post (if they are not too big). Letter post is quicker.